Snack Time in the Early Childhood Classroom
This preschool communication board is one of my favorite language opportunities in my early childhood classroom. We work on requesting items, labeling, and social/pragmatic skills with adults and peers. During this time, we use these snack mats to assist with communication skills and they are a great visual prompt reminder for our students to use socially appropriate language.
The snack mats are easy to assemble. Print, laminate and add velcro.
Young children catch on very fast to how this snack menu works! I model how to use it, we practice, and move to independence.
Keeping your snack pictures organized:
We have a snack cabinet in our classroom where all the snack is stored. We also keep the visual pictures of our snack choices in this cabinet. Simply adhere velcro to the cabinet doors and your visuals are all in one spot. Easy for putting together each day and staying organized.
If your preschool students bring their own snack, you may send the snack mat home each night and have your students' parents set up their snack menus for the next day.
The Structured Snack Menu is available here.
The Structured Snack Menu is available here.
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